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region of the world has 72 of which 24 belonged to the age that is over, 24 to the age to come.
In the regions, we inkabit-the Bhärata Varsha-in the age we live in, there have appeared twenty-four prophets of Jainism. They are ordinarily called Tirchankaras. They have their legends which the Jains recite piously every year at the period of their long lasting.
The first was Vraşabha (deva) or Adinath as he was also named. He was born in the country of Śrāvasti and lived 81,00000 million years. He attained Perfect Knowledge i-e Bodhi or Enlightenment under a Banyan tree. His distinctive mark is Bull. Next after him came Ajitagātha. Sambhav-nätha, Abhinandana, and Sumati-natha, all except Sambhava-nātba, bora at Ayodha. Their term of existence diminishes gradually till Sumati Náths lived only 4 million million years The sixth Tirthankara was Padma-prabha with a Lotus-button as his distinctive mark, followed by Su-pārsva who hailed from Benares with a svastika as his distinctive mark and attaining to Omniacience and Perfection under an Acacia. Candra-prabha the next has the Moon as his distinctive mark, whose name he bears. His successors Suvidhi Näth or Puspadanta, Sitala Nath, Shreyāgsa Näth, Vasupujya Swami Vimala Nāth, Ananta Nath and bharma Nāth are all of a secondary importance. The existence of the last mentioned did not pass one million years.
Shanti Näth the 16th lived for 100000 years, bearing the distinctive mark of an antilope It is a figure, the most venerated among the sains. The three next onez Kunthu Näth, Ara Näth
Translator's Note. If any discrepancy should suggest itself to a Jain reader in this proposition, the translator bege him to remember that he is only reproducing M, Guerinot's statements. It would seem as if there was some confusion in M. Guerinot's mind when he penned this passange. The ideas in the sentence are also mutually conflicting as Region suggests space, while ‘age' sbows time.
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